Did Sidharth Malhotra turn down Mohit Suri’s Ek Villain 2?

According to a recent report by an entertainment portal, Sidharth Malhotra had turned down Mohit Suri’s Ek Villain 2. The part, that he was being considered for, went to Aditya Roy Kapur.

Sidharth Malhotra and Mohit Suri&nbsp

Mohit Suri’s Ek Villain (2014) is among the few out-and-out box-office hits that Sidharth Malhotra has had in his film career of nearly eight years. The psychological thriller, co-starring Riteish Deshmukh and Shraddha Kapoor, had gone on to collect Rs 100 crore at the ticket windows.

With a desire to rewrite the success story, Suri is now all set to turn the film into a franchise. Ek Villain 2 has been announced with John Abraham, Aditya Roy Kapur, Disha Patani and Tara Sutaria in the lead roles and is scheduled to hit the screens on January 8 next year. Wasn’t the film offered to Sidharth at all? If a recent report by Bollywood Hungama is anything to go by, the actor was very much considered for one of the main leads but he turned down the offer.

“Perhaps Sid knew the villain would again walk away with all the praise. It happened with Riteish Deshmukh who played the villain in Ek Villain,” says a source mentioned in the report.

The report says that in Ek Villain 2, John Abraham will be seen playing the villain. According to sources, Sidharth was interested in playing the bad man this time but Suri did not agree. As a result of it, Sidharth opted out of the film and it went to Aditya Roy Kapur, who recently delivered a hit with Suri in the form of Malang.

Meanwhile, Sidharth was last seen in Milap Milan Zaveri’s Marjaavaan, co-starring Riteish Deshmukh and Tara Sutaria. The film turned out to be a moderate performer at the box office. The actor will be seen next in Shershaah, which will trace the life journey of Param Vir Chakra awardee and army captain Vikram Batra. The film is slated to hit the screens on July 3, 2020.